Perry Johnson
Republican · MI
Perry Johnson is a Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan in the August 4, 2026 primary. The Michigan Bureau of Elections official candidate listing shows Johnson filed for Governor as a Republican candidate on April 21, 2026. His campaign website describes him as a self-made businessman and problem solver and says he is running for Governor of Michigan.
Campaign Finance Information — Governor
Campaign Finance Information · Governor · August 4, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $28,700
- Loans
- $30,752,614
Loans are borrowed money the campaign reported receiving — often from the candidate themselves — and are not counted in Raised.
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$100
- BOSS$25
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$25,864
- $1,000-$4,999$2,112
- $500-$999$592
- $100-$249$100
- $1-$99$32
Source: Michigan Campaign Finance · 2026 cycle · mi-boe.entellitrak.com
Track record
General
· 3 records
At its June 2, 2026 endorsement convention, the Ottawa County Republican Party selected Perry Johnson as its endorsed candidate for Governor in the 2026 Republican primary.
June 2, 2026
Source: assets.nationbuilder.com · researched July 10, 2026
A Perry Johnson Charitable Foundation Form 990 filed on November 18, 2025 identified Perry L. Johnson as the foundation's unpaid president.
November 18, 2025
Source: projects.propublica.org · researched July 10, 2026
By March 14, 2022, Perry Johnson had founded and built Perry Johnson Registrars into a company that audits and certifies businesses in the automotive, aerospace, food-safety, cybersecurity, and other industries.
March 14, 2022
Source: bridgemi.com · researched July 10, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 3 records
On February 9, 2026, the Michigan Attorney General announced that two petition contractors were convicted of conducting a criminal enterprise that defrauded Perry Johnson's and other campaigns by delivering forged signatures.
February 9, 2026
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
On June 1, 2022, the Michigan Court of Appeals denied Perry Johnson's complaint seeking a writ of mandamus to place him on the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot after the court concluded he had not established entitlement to certification; the opinion reported 13,800 facially valid signatures, below the 15,000 required.
June 1, 2022
Source: courts.michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
By March 14, 2022, a Bridge Michigan review found that an accreditation board had temporarily suspended Perry Johnson Registrars in the early 2000s over conflict-of-interest allegations; litigation ended in a settlement that lifted the suspension, and the firm was later in good standing.
March 14, 2022
Source: bridgemi.com · researched July 10, 2026
Elections
- Governor · August 4, 2026 · Michigan
Profile last researched July 6, 2026.